Chapter 222. To authorize the sale of certain lands at or near Adger, Ada County, Idaho, for railroad purposes
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CHAP. 222.— An Act To authorize the sale of certain lands at or near Adger, Ada County, Idaho, for railroad purposes. May 31, 1924.[[H. R. 7500](/us/bill/68/hr/7500).][[Public, No. 169](/us/pl/68/169).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Public lands.Sale to Oregon Short Line Railroad Company for railroad purposes, of lands in Ada County, Idaho. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and hereby is, authorized to sell and convey to the Oregon Short Line Railroad Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Utah, and authorized to do business in the State of Idaho, its successors and assigns, for a sand and gravel pit for railroad purposes, and at a price to be fixed by appraisement at not less than $25 per acre, and under such terms, conditions, and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, the following-described lands, situated in Ada County, Idaho:
Description. All that part of the south half of the northeast quarter, the north half of the southeast quarter, and the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 25, township 1 north, range 2 east, Boise meridian, and lot 3 and lot 4 of section 30, township 1 north, range 3 east, Boise meridian, within the following-described area: Beginning at the intersection of the present southwesterly right-of-way boundary of the main line of the Oregon Short Line Railroad Company, with the range line common to township 1 north, range 2 east, and township 1 north, range 3 east of the Boise meridian, one hundred feet southwesterly, measured at right angles, from the center line of main track of said railroad, said intersection also bearing 249north, sixteen hundred and nineteen and sixty-three one-hundredths feet from the section corner common to sections 25 and 36 of said township 1 north, range 2 east, and sections 30 and 31 of said township 1 north, range 3 east; thence north fifty-one degrees seven minutes west, along said southwesterly right-of-way boundary, being one hundred feet southwesterly from and parallel to said center line of main track, for a distance of twenty-six hundred and sixty and twenty-two one-hundredths feet; thence south six hundred and forty-two and thirty-two one-hundredths feet to a point in the east and west center line of said section 25, which is six hundred feet southwesterly, measured at right angles, from the said center line of main track; thence south fifty-one degrees seven minutes east along a line which is six hundred feet southwesterly from and parallel to said center line of main track for a distance of twenty-six hundred and sixty and twenty-two one-hundredths feet to a point in the said range line common to township 1 north, range 2 east, and township 1 north, range 3 east; thence north eighty-nine degrees fifty-six minutes east, seven hundred and ninety-five and thirty-six one-hundredths feet, to a point in the said southwesterly right-of-way boundary; thence north fifty-one degrees seven minutes west, along said southwesterly right-of-way boundary, being one hundred feet southwesterly from and parallel to said center line of main track, for a distance of ten hundred and twenty-one and seventy-six one-hundredths feet, to the point of beginning, and containing, in all, thirty-six and thirty-nine one-hundredths acres, more or less: *Provided*, *Proviso*.Mineral, etc., deposits reserved.That there shall be reserved to the United States all gas, oil, coal, or other mineral deposits found at any time in the said lands and the right to prospect for, mine, and remove the same.
Approved, May 31, 1924.